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The 2012 Unwin Trust Fellowship Report

Posted by Tom on May 02, 2012

Nosy Crow is used as a case study in the 2012 Unwin Trust Fellowship Report, authored by Joel Naoum. You can read about the report on Futurebook here, on Naoum’s website here, and download the report itself here.

A "Book Sniffer" Tea Part for Nosy Crow

Posted by Tom on May 01, 2012

Last week The Book Sniffer threw a tea party for two Nosy Crow illustrators, Leigh Hodgkinson, author/ illustrator of Goldilocks and Just the One Bear and illustrator of the Magical Mix-Ups series, and Steven Lenton, illustrator of Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam.

It looked like marvellous fun – you can read The Book Sniffer’s full piece here (and find The Book Sniffer on Twitter here).

Nosy Crow at the London Book Fair

Posted by Tom on Apr 18, 2012

Kate spoke at the Digital Minds conference of the London Book Fair on Sunday, on the topic of the challenges of digital children’s publishing. You can read The Guardian’s report here and Good eReader’s report here.

The Three Little Pigs is an App of the Week

Posted by Tom on Apr 02, 2012

The Three Little Pigs is App of the Week for the Apps for Children with Special Needs series on Blip TV.

“Absolutely a brilliant, brilliant book … I can’t say enough good things about it”.

Watch the video review below or on Blip TV’s website here.

Parents' Choice Awards

Posted by Tom on Mar 30, 2012

Cinderella and The Three Little Pigs have both received the Parents’ Choice Gold Award.

The Gold Award is distributed to children’s media that include the “highest production standards, universal human values and a unique, individual quality that pushes the product a notch above others.”

Read the judges’ comments on The Three Little Pigs here and Cinderella here.

Hillingdon Picture Book of the Year

Posted by Tom on Mar 29, 2012

Hubble Bubble, Granny Trouble, written by Tracey Corderoy and illustrated by Joe Berger, has been nominated for the Hillingdon Picture Book of the Year.

The award is presented by Hillingdon Schools’ Library Service, and Tracey won the prize last year for The Grunt and the Grouch. Also nominated are Nadia Shireen, illustrator of The Baby that Roared, for Good Little Wolf, Julia Donaldson, for The Highway Rat, David Melling, for Don’t Worry Douglas!, Alison Green, for Pinkie Mouse, Where Are You?, and Jonathan Emmett, for The Princess and the Pig.

Cinderella nominated for a Junior Design Award

Posted by Tom on Mar 22, 2012

Hot on the heels of its number one ranking in PadGadget’s list of the Top Ten iPad Books for Kids – and this fabulous review by Macworld – our Cinderella app has received a Junior Design Award nomination in the brand new category of Best Children’s App.

The awards are run by Junior Magazine and the winners will be announced shortly.

Cinderella listed as PadGadget's #1 iPad Book for Kids

Posted by Tom on Mar 21, 2012

Our Cinderella app has been ranked first in a list by PadGadget of the Top Ten iPad Books for Kids. In their review, PadGadget write:

“Nosy Crow’s reinvention of Cinderella breaks free from Disney’s rigid appropriation of the fairy tale chargirl. This stellar app features colorful illustrations and clever activities on every page.”

Bizzy Bear on the Farm shortlisted for the Bologna Ragazzi Digital Award

Posted by Tom on Mar 12, 2012

Our Bizzy Bear on the Farm app has been shortlisted for the inaugural Bologna Ragazzi Digital Award.

The award, which is run in collaboration with Children’s Technology Review, solicited over 252 entries from 179 publishers from 25 countries. The winner will be announced at the Tools of Change Bologna conference, and you can find the full list of shortlisted apps here.

Bizzy Bear on the Farm is available on iTunes here.